Regular readers to this blog know that there is nothing Dear Husbola and I like more than a real old fashioned farm estate auction. They are getting so scarce.
Most auctions these days are consignment auctions. That means any number of consignors can hand things over to an auctioneer to add with other people's items and then an auction is held. THE BEST types of auctions are one consignor, a huge load of stuff, a beautiful summer day and a loaded car coming home.
On a gorgeous recent summer day--there was a fabulous auction ina nearby town. Within 30 miles is a real gift--no getting up at 4am. Dear Husbola was out of town on a rare trip--so I was solo. I arrived at the site more than an hour ahead of auction start. I was rewarded with a parking space across from the farmhouse. SCORE!
Quirky stuff, normal stuff--12 wagons and furniture and paintings that snaked throughout the yard and around several out buildings.
One little caveat to an estate auction--there may be family and heirs attending who are bidding just like everybody else. You have to hope that what you want is not that Special Little Widget that they want that grandma had. That great horn chair? One of those items. DRAT. The heir would not be denied.
I filled the truck. Was tired and dirty and in bed by 8pm. GOOD DAY.
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